/ˈkɛlᵻsɪə/, U.S. /ˈkɛləˌsɪ(ə)r/. chelicern.
/ˈkɛlᵻsə/, U.S. /ˈkɛləsər//ˈkɛlᵻsɪə/, U.S. /ˈkɛləˌsɪ(ə)r/. Zoology (now chiefly U.S.).
= chelicera n.
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1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xv. 38 Claws..like the mandibles or cheliceres of spiders.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. v. ii. 261 Nature has provided the Spiders with two chelicers or antennæ, terminating in a pair of claws..these constitute the poison apparatus.
1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 1132 The antennulæ of the Crustacea and the cheliceres of the Arachnids are homologous with the antennæ of the Hexapods.
1916 Jrnl. Parasitol. 3 84 In rare cases the mandibles are recognized with untoothed chelicers.
1950 Florida Entomologist 33 78 Cheliceres a little longer than the face, very tapering at the apex.
2004 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 68 685/2 We based our determination on sclerotized chitin parts that were not affected by digestion (e.g., chelicers, mandible, legs, wings, head capsules).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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